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First diastereoselective chiral synthesis of (-)-securinine.

Organic letters (2004-01-03)
Toshio Honda, Hidenori Namiki, Kyosuke Kaneda, Hirotake Mizutani
ABSTRACT

[reaction: see text] A diastereoselective total synthesis of securinine in optically pure form was achieved by employing ring-closing metathesis of the corresponding dienyne compound as a key step.

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3-Butenylmagnesium bromide solution, 0.5 M in THF